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This is a small bit of news that can have big impact in improving home affordability in Toronto in the future, the federal government is doubling the number of permanent resident spots for skilled labor trades from 500 to 1 thousand. According to the article, the construction sector had over 28 thousand job vacancies in Ontario last year. So while this is a step forward, it really is just like a cup ardent bucket of water. One of our biggest bottlenecks to improving home affordability over the next five to ten years will be our actual ability to build homes at lower costs. You can give away parts of the South Ontario Green Bet for pennies on the dollar, you can slash municipal development fees. You can jack up interest rates which will decrease demand of construction materials, bringing down the raw cost of construction. But there's still a giant hole of skilled construction labor that needs to be narrowed. So for real we need more of this.
This is a small bit of news that can have big impact in improving home affordability in Toronto in the future, the federal government is doubling the number of…
Ideas in this flowchart
- Impact on Home Affordability in Toronto
- Federal Government Action
- Doubling Permanent Resident Spots
- Skilled Labor Trades
- Current Job Vacancies
- Construction Sector
- 28,000 Vacancies in Ontario
- Challenges in Home Affordability
- Building Homes at Lower Costs
- Solutions Proposed
- South Ontario Green Belt
- Municipal Development Fees
- Interest Rates
- Skilled Construction Labor Shortage